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Posted: February 13 2022 at 11:26

For this one, I'm bringing a triptych of Pentanglers. All three are traditional songs. Incidentally, one vocal only, one, instrument only, and one with a vocal and instrument. The irony of not posting 5 songs did not escape me, lol.

This will be my nomination, it is a capella of Jacqui McShee singing When I Was In My Prime, from their "Cruel Sister," release of 1970:

Secondly is John Renbourn's The English Dance, from his "The Black Balloon," release of 1979:

Thirdly is Bert Jansch's wonderful version of Twa Corbies, from his "Moonshine," release of 1973:

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Posted: February 13 2022 at 11:10

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PLEASE, if you got time, TELL ME IF YOU PREFER THE SONG FANTASIA BETICA BY DE FALLA OR THIS SONG BY FOSSATI.

This is a rather easy choice for me: Manuel de Falla, as played by Rubén Talón.

Ivano Fossati's song seems to me a rather conventional ballad: very good, but not groundbreakingly original...

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Posted: February 13 2022 at 07:13

ALTERNATIVE NOMINATION:

Ivano Fossati: la Costruzione di un amore (The Construction of Love)

to the forumisist:

PLEASE, if you got time, TELL ME IF YOU PREFER THE SONG FANTASIA BETICA BY DE FALLA OR THIS SONG BY FOSSATI.

The construction of love

Break the veins in your hands

Mix blood with sweat

If you have any left

The construction of love

It does not repay the pain

It is like an altar of sand

By the sea

The construction of my love

I love to watch it go up

Like a hundred-story skyscraper

Or like a sunflower

And I put the experience into it

Like on a Christmas tree

As a gift to a bride

Something that is there

And that doesn't hurt

And on every floor there is a smile

For each winter to pass

A Paradise on each floor

To consume

Behind a door a little love

For when there is no time to make love

For when you want to throw away

My only photograph

And in the meantime I look at this love

Which gets closer to heaven

As if after so much love

Heaven still suffice

And I'm here

And it amazes me

Enough to bite my arms,

But no, it's me

The mirror has my face

It is I who look at this love

Which gets closer to heaven

As if after the horizon

There was still sky

And all of this amazes me

So much so that if it ended now

I know I would ask

That it collapsed on me

And the luck of a love

How do I know it can change

After it is said I did it to do

But it was in order not to die

They say it's nice to come back to life

That it seemed over to me

How nice to come back to see

And what's worse is that it's all true

Because

The construction of love

Break the veins in your hands

Mix blood with sweat

If you have any left

The construction of love

It does not repay the pain

It is like an altar of sand

By the sea

And in the meantime I look at this love

Which gets closer to heaven

As if after so much love

Heaven still suffice

And I'm here

And it amazes me

Enough to bite my arms,

But no, it's me

The mirror has my face

It is I who look at this love

Which becomes as big as the sky

As if after the horizon

There was still sky

And all of this amazes me

So much so that if it ended now

I know I would ask

That it collapsed on me

Yes.

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Out of competition:

Born in the Usa, what is it? An acoustic blues song

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Posted: February 13 2022 at 06:02

How about a classical music cover on banjo.

Luca Stricagnoli - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik/Serenade in G

This artist was recommended to me by the salesperson (and guitar player for a death metal band) who i bought my car from.

Andy McGee - Into the Ocean

And then getting away from stringed instruments. Drums.

Kofi Baker - Put the Shoe on the Other Foot

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Posted: February 13 2022 at 05:11

I expanded the theme. See the first paragraph of the first post here. And the following paragraph includes the expansion.

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Posted: February 13 2022 at 04:56

This one is rather special to me for different reasons, but here I'll just mention that Barre Phillips gave me (and signed) this album when we were both involved in a retrospective of Robert Kramer's film work in Japan in 2001. BP made much of the music for RK's films and he made this album as an homage to him ("Eight Pieces for Robert Kramer") after RK passed away a bit more than a year earlier. If you like this, don't hesitate to check out Barre Phillips' other work... Solo work on the double bass!

Barre Phillips - Dear Doctor:

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Posted: February 13 2022 at 03:26

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This is a tricky theme but I'll accept the challenge.

Mila, I might expand the scope of the theme. See the "Interactive Poll Team" thread, and if you feel like, please say what you think. Smile

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Posted: February 13 2022 at 03:21

This is my 1st post which I will use to store my suggestions and nominate one of them when the time has come.

Nomination: Gideon Freudmann, Rain Monsters (U.S. 2012)

Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka: Constant Growth Fails (DEU 2017)

Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka: Mount Hood (DEU 2010)

Ballaké Sissoko: Nan Sira Madi (MAL 2021)

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 20:44

I was going to post this in the last poll but alas did not have time. The good news it it qualifies for this poll and it is one of my favorite discoveries over the past few years. This is my nomination (of course unless everyone has already listened to it in which case I will find something else)

Estas Tonne - Song of the Golden Dragon

I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams.

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 19:01

Hey guys, I take the opportunity to remind you that there are still a few votes missing in the acoustic music poll.

- Lorenzo

- George

- Greg (The Dark Elf)

Edited by Mila-13 - February 12 2022 at 19:02

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 18:46

Rather extreme theme.

MY NOMINATION:

It is much easier to select a piece of classical music, as The Anders rightly says. As you know, I have always tried, with the exception of some occasions, not to propose pieces by cultured, classical or avant-garde musicians, but in this case I think it is appropriate to do so.

I propose you a piece of piano by Manuel De Falla that I have known since I was a teenager. In fact, together with Verdi's opera vinyls, my father had collections of classical music vinyls, 8 catalogs with 8 discs each, starting from 1600 to finish with Bartok and Stravinsky, and those 64 discs have become my map for deepen classical music, even now I have in mind the classification in 8 catalogs. There was only one record of De Falla and I did not like the compositions for guitar very much, on the contrary I immediately liked this piece for piano very much, I remember reading the notes written on the booklet of the record, which were well done, where they explained that in this piece De Falla uses the piano in a "percussive" way, that is, he shows what a percussion instrument it is. And as you can see, I read it over 30 years ago and I still remember it. I'll post a live piece so you can see how much that musical encycledia of mine had reason: the piano is played like a percussion instrument. I hope many of you don't know this piece.

PS In choosing the live song (there are many on youtube) I noticed how much the tempo of the piece changes, it goes from 8 minutes to 14 minutes, just think what a difference! I remember it longer than 10 minutes, so if I put one that lasts 13 minutes, it seems to me the right pace.

Enjoy!

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OUT OF COMPETITION:

In the field of "pop" music, apart from some examples of famous musicians (like Tracy Chapman and Joe Jackson (which I see already launched by two of you), I can't think of anyone other than John Fahey (excluding prog), who is not an artist that I particularly love. I know it only partially thanks to the advice of Piero Scaruffi, and in any case I recognize its greatness.

From his masterpiece album, Fare Forward Voyagers, I will spare you the song (the instrumental piece, to be exact) with the same name, which lasts more than 20 minutes, and I propose the shortest one, this:

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 18:40

Snicolette wrote:

I've entered a short announcement with a link to this poll in the Team thread. This hasn't always been done, so it's not unusual that it wasn't, Mila.

I suggested that it might be useful given that hardly anyone was around atm.

Edited by Mila-13 - February 12 2022 at 18:48

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 18:02

Nomination:

Olivier Latry plays Olivier Messiaen's Apparition de l'eglise eternelle.

xxx

This one is maybe too well known, but I love it.

Joe Jackson - Nocturne

Edited by Lewian - February 19 2022 at 06:58

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 17:49

I've entered a short announcement with a link to this poll in the Team thread. This hasn't always been done, so it's not unusual that it wasn't, Mila.

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 16:03

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^ You can even add your ultimate nomination, from one of your random post on another page, and copy-paste it in your first post! As I said, it will make things easier for me. But no worries! Dropping a note over or under your nomination is also OK. Wherever that track is. If I were the only poll creator here, I might have been a bit demanding regarding my rules. But, as I stated in my original post, I just "wish" you all do so!
I'm gonna sleep now. Have a good night. Beer

Ok. Maybe it would make sense to inform people in the team thread that you started the new poll?

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 16:01

So...no guitars or synthesizers. No singing with an instrument. Just piano pieces then? Or are either of these acceptable:

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to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 15:55

^ You can even add your ultimate nomination, from one of your random post on another page, and copy-paste it in your first post! As I said, it will make things easier for me. But no worries! Dropping a note over or under your nomination is also OK. Wherever that track is. If I were the only poll creator here, I might have been a bit demanding regarding my rules. But, as I stated in my original post, I just "wish" you all do so!

I'm gonna sleep now. Have a good night. Beer

Edited by Archisorcerus - February 12 2022 at 15:57

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 15:46

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Mila-13 wrote:

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Hi, I have a question. So if I understand correctly, our first post shall be authomatically our nomination? I hope that is not the case because that would really dampen my initial enthusiasm. Ermm

Mila. It would make my job easier. But it is not a strict rule. You can always edit your first post and add your nomination in your own post, until the voting begins. But, it is neither a must, nor mandatory. We are here to have fun! Wink

Now that I can understand! So if I have a new inspiration after I have posted my first suggestion I can post it in the thread as long as I also edit my first post, I guess? So theoretically I could store several suggestions in my first post if I indicate which of those would be my potential nomination? Tongue

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Posted: February 12 2022 at 15:35

Mila-13 wrote:

@Özgür

Hi, I have a question. So if I understand correctly, our first post shall be authomatically our nomination? I hope that is not the case because that would really dampen my initial enthusiasm. Ermm

Yet, please drop a note and write something like "this is my nomination" over or under your nominated song. Writing the artist name and the song, oops track, title would also be nice!

Edited by Archisorcerus - February 12 2022 at 15:38

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